Trump Jr. wife taken to hospital after white powder found in envelope

Vanessa Trump, 40, was taken to a New York Metropolis hospital Monday after opening a letter addressed to her husband which contained white powder.

The mail arrived at their midtown condo, the place she and Donald Trump Jr reside with their 5 kids. Paramedics rushed to the scene after she stated she was coughing and felt nauseous, in response to police.

Two others have been additionally taken to the hospital as a precaution. Considered one of them was reportedly Ms. Trump’s mom.

The white powder was later decided to be “not hazardous,” a police official stated.

Detectives from the New York Police Division (NYPD) in addition to the Secret Service are investigating. The latter supplies safety to the president and his household.

“That is an energetic investigation and we can’t remark any additional,” Secret Service Particular Agent Jeffrey Adams stated in an announcement.

Donald Trump Jr. has been within the public eye due to his function in 2016 conferences with a Russian lawyer and others the place the Trump marketing campaign was provided probably damaging details about Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.

In March 2016, NYPD detectives and FBI brokers investigated a threatening letter despatched to President Trump’s different son, Eric. That envelope additionally contained a white powder that turned out to be innocent.